| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Akon |
Singer |
30-Apr-1973 |
|
Trouble |
| Leona Anderson |
Actor |
3-Apr-1885 |
25-Dec-1973 |
House on Haunted Hill |
| Maya Angelou |
Poet |
4-Apr-1928 |
|
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| Harry Babbitt |
Musician |
2-Nov-1913 |
9-Apr-2004 |
Voice of Woody Woodpecker |
| Josephine Baker |
Dancer |
3-Jun-1906 |
12-Apr-1975 |
Sensual dancer turned WWII spy |
| Scott Bakula |
Actor |
9-Oct-1954 |
|
Quantum Leap |
| Andrew N. Baur |
Business |
25-Apr-1944 |
|
Southwest Bank of St. Louis |
| John M. Berra |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
EVP at Emerson Electric |
| Yogi Berra |
Baseball |
12-May-1925 |
|
New York Yankee malapropist |
| Chuck Berry |
Singer |
18-Oct-1926 |
|
My Ding-A-Ling |
| Fred Berry |
Actor |
13-Mar-1951 |
21-Oct-2003 |
Rerun on What's Happening!! |
| Joe Besser |
Actor |
12-Aug-1907 |
1-Mar-1988 |
The Three Stooges |
| John H. Biggs |
Business |
19-Jul-1936 |
|
CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1993-2002 |
| Linda Blair |
Actor |
22-Jan-1959 |
|
Head spins in Exorcist |
| Barbara Bodine |
Diplomat |
1948 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 1997-2001 |
| Paul H. Boeker |
Diplomat |
2-May-1938 |
29-Mar-2003 |
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1984-87 |
| Kit Bond |
Politician |
6-Mar-1939 |
|
US Senator from Missouri |
| Nancy Boyda |
Politician |
2-Aug-1955 |
|
Congresswoman, Kansas 2nd |
| Stephen Brauer |
Business |
1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium, 2001-03 |
| T-Bone Burnett |
Musician |
14-Jan-1948 |
|
Blues/country producer and performer |
| William S. Burroughs |
Author |
5-Feb-1914 |
2-Aug-1997 |
Naked Lunch |
| Nelson Burton, Jr. |
Bowling |
5-Jun-1942 |
|
Professional bowler |
| August Busch IV |
Business |
c. 1965 |
|
CEO of Anheuser-Busch |
| August Busch III |
Business |
6-Jun-1937 |
|
Anheuser-Busch CEO, 1975-2002 |
| Jim Byrnes |
Actor |
22-Sep-1948 |
|
Lifeguard on Wiseguy |
| Joe Camp |
Film Director |
20-Apr-1939 |
|
Benji |
| C. J. Cherryh |
Author |
1-Sep-1942 |
|
Cyteen and Downbelow Station |
| Kate Chopin |
Novelist |
8-Feb-1851 |
22-Aug-1904 |
The Awakening |
| Steven Chu |
Physicist |
28-Feb-1948 |
|
Trapped atoms with laser light |
| Winston Churchill |
Novelist |
10-Nov-1871 |
12-Mar-1947 |
Early 20th century American novelist |
| Sarah Clarke |
Actor |
16-Feb-1972 |
|
Nina Myers on 24 |
| Lacy Clay |
Politician |
27-Jul-1956 |
|
Congressman, Missouri 1st |
| William L. Clay |
Politician |
30-Apr-1931 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1969-2001 |
| Bainbridge Colby |
Government |
22-Dec-1869 |
11-Apr-1950 |
US Secretary of State, 1920-21 |
| Cardiss Collins |
Politician |
24-Sep-1931 |
|
Congresswoman from Illinois, 1973-97 |
| Frank Converse |
Actor |
22-May-1938 |
|
Will Chandler on Movin' On |
| Bert Convy |
Game Show Host |
23-Jul-1933 |
15-Jul-1991 |
Host of Tattletales TV game show |
| Disco D |
Music Producer |
21-Sep-1980 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Ghetto-tech DJ |
| John Danforth |
Politician |
5-Sep-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 2004 |
| Erin Daniels |
Actor |
9-Oct-1973 |
|
The L Word |
| William O. DeWitt, Jr. |
Business |
31-Aug-1941 |
|
Reynolds DeWitt & Co. |
| Robert H. Dicke |
Physicist |
6-May-1916 |
4-Mar-1997 |
Dicke radiometer |
| John Doerr |
Business |
29-Jun-1951 |
|
Silicon Valley venture capitalist |
| Tom Dooley |
Activist |
17-Jan-1927 |
18-Jan-1961 |
Deliver Us from Evil |
| Thomas Eagleton |
Politician |
4-Sep-1929 |
4-Mar-2007 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1969-87 |
| T. S. Eliot |
Poet |
26-Sep-1888 |
4-Jan-1965 |
The Hollow Men |
| Bill Emerson |
Politician |
1-Jan-1938 |
22-Jun-1996 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1981-96 |
| Thomas J. Engibous |
Business |
31-Jan-1953 |
|
CEO of Texas Instruments, 1996-2004 |
| Walker Evans |
Photographer |
3-Nov-1903 |
10-Apr-1975 |
Depression-era Photographer |
| Frank Faylen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1905 |
2-Aug-1985 |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis |
| Eugene Field |
Journalist |
2-Sep-1850 |
4-Nov-1895 |
A Little Book of Western Verse |
| Redd Foxx |
Comic |
9-Dec-1922 |
11-Oct-1991 |
Foul-mouthed comedian, Sanford and Son |
| Mary Frann |
Actor |
27-Feb-1943 |
23-Sep-1998 |
Joanna Loudon on Newhart |
| Phyllis Fraser |
Socialite |
22-Jun-1911 |
24-Nov-2006 |
Wife of Bennett Cerf |
| Joe Garagiola |
Baseball |
12-Feb-1926 |
|
St. Louis Cardinal turned sportscaster |
| Martha Gellhorn |
Journalist |
8-Nov-1908 |
15-Feb-1998 |
War correspondent |
| W. H. Krome George |
Business |
27-Mar-1918 |
6-Sep-2004 |
Chairman and CEO of Alcoa, 1975-83 |
| Dick Gephardt |
Politician |
31-Jan-1941 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005 |
| Asim Ghafoor |
Government |
11-Dec-1969 |
|
Controversial Muslim attorney |
| Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. |
Government |
15-Oct-1947 |
|
IRS Commissioner, 1989-92 |
| John Goodman |
Actor |
20-Jun-1952 |
|
King Ralph |
| Harry Goz |
Actor |
16-Feb-1932 |
6-Sep-2003 |
Captain Murphy on Sealab 2021 |
| Betty Grable |
Actor |
18-Dec-1916 |
2-Jul-1973 |
The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs |
| Julia Grant |
First Lady |
26-Jan-1826 |
14-Dec-1902 |
Wife of US President Ulysses Grant |
| L. Patrick Gray |
Government |
18-Jul-1916 |
6-Jul-2005 |
Acting FBI Director, 1972-73 |
| Gerald Greenwald |
Business |
11-Sep-1935 |
|
CEO of United Air Lines, 1994-99 |
| Dick Gregory |
Activist |
12-Oct-1932 |
|
Autobiography: NIGGER! |
| Robert Guillaume |
Actor |
30-Nov-1927 |
|
Benson |
| Moses Gunn |
Actor |
2-Oct-1929 |
16-Dec-1993 |
Bumpy Jonas in Shaft |
| Sean Gunn |
Actor |
22-May-1974 |
|
Kirk Gleason on Gilmore Girls |
| Daniel Hamburg |
Politician |
6-Oct-1948 |
|
Congressman from California, 1993-95 |
| Jon Hamm |
Actor |
1971 |
|
Don Draper on Mad Men |
| Michael Harrington |
Activist |
24-Feb-1928 |
31-Jul-1989 |
The Other America |
| Steven Hatfill |
Scientist |
24-Oct-1953 |
|
US biowarfare researcher |
| George Hearn |
Actor |
18-Jun-1934 |
|
Broadway musical actor |
| George Hickenlooper |
Film Director |
25-May-1965 |
|
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse |
| Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter |
Military |
8-May-1897 |
18-Jun-1982 |
CIA Director, 1947-50 |
| Al Hirschfeld |
Artist |
21-Jun-1903 |
20-Jan-2003 |
Pen and ink caricaturist |
| Ryan Howard |
Baseball |
19-Nov-1979 |
|
First Baseman, Philadelphia Phillies |
| J-Kwon |
Rapper |
1986 |
|
Tipsy Teen Rapper |
| Justine Joli |
Pornstar |
16-Jul-1980 |
|
Carnival Sluts and Circus Dicks |
| James G. Kaiser |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Former Corning executive |
| Andreas Katsulas |
Actor |
18-May-1946 |
13-Feb-2006 |
G'Kar on Babylon 5 |
| Frank Keating |
Politician |
10-Feb-1944 |
|
Governor of Oklahoma, 1995-2003 |
| Kevin Kline |
Actor |
24-Oct-1947 |
|
A Fish Called Wanda |
| Roger D. Kornberg |
Scientist |
24-Apr-1947 |
|
Molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription |
| Bob Kurland |
Basketball |
23-Dec-1924 |
|
First 7 ft. tall basketball star |
| Pat LaFontaine |
Hockey |
22-Feb-1965 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Linda Lingle |
Politician |
4-Jun-1953 |
|
Governor of Hawaii |
| Mark Linn-Baker |
Actor |
17-Jun-1954 |
|
Larry on Perfect Strangers |
| Kyle Lowder |
Actor |
27-Aug-1980 |
|
The Bold and the Beautiful |
| Vicki Mabrey |
Journalist |
c. 1956 |
|
60 Minutes II |
| Steven J. Malcolm |
Business |
1948 |
|
CEO of Williams Companies |
| Kevin Mansell |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
President of Kohl's |
| Joshua Micah Marshall |
Pundit |
15-Feb-1969 |
|
Talking Points Memo |
| Helen Martin |
Actor |
23-Jul-1909 |
25-Mar-2000 |
Pearl Shay on 227 |
| William McChesney Martin |
Economist |
17-Dec-1906 |
29-Jul-1998 |
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1951-70 |
| Marsha Mason |
Actor |
3-Apr-1942 |
|
The Goodbye Girl |
| Virginia Mayo |
Actor |
30-Nov-1920 |
17-Jan-2005 |
South Sea Woman |
| Michael McDonald |
Musician |
12-Feb-1952 |
|
White pop/soul vocalist |
| Donald F. McHenry |
Diplomat |
13-Oct-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 1979-81 |
| George R. Merrell |
Diplomat |
13-Jul-1898 |
1962 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1951-52 |
| John Milius |
Film Director |
11-Apr-1944 |
|
Conan the Barbarian |
| James C. Momtazee |
Business |
c. 1972 |
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| Paul Elmer More |
Scholar |
12-Dec-1864 |
9-Mar-1937 |
Shelburne Essays |
| Edward A. Mueller |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of Qwest |
| Robert D. Nesen |
Diplomat |
22-Jan-1918 |
14-Nov-2005 |
US Ambassador to Australia, 1981-85 |
| Randy Neugebauer |
Politician |
24-Dec-1949 |
|
Congressman, Texas 19th |
| Kathleen Nolan |
Actor |
27-Sep-1933 |
|
President, Screen Actors Guild, 1975-79 |
| Paul A. Novelly |
Business |
1943 |
|
CEO of Apex Oil |
| Wally O'Dell |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Diebold, 1999-2005 |
| Barbara O'Neil |
Actor |
17-Jul-1910 |
3-Sep-1980 |
Ellen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind |
| Paul O'Neill |
Government |
4-Dec-1935 |
|
US Treasury Secretary, 2001-02 |
| Randy Orton |
Wrestling |
1-Apr-1980 |
|
The Legend Killer |
| Korla Pandit |
Musician |
16-Sep-1921 |
2-Oct-1998 |
Hynoptic exotic |
| John Pankow |
Actor |
28-Apr-1954 |
|
Ira on Mad About You |
| James B. Peake |
Government |
18-Jun-1944 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| Mike Peters |
Cartoonist |
9-Oct-1943 |
|
Mother Goose and Grimm |
| Harry Mark Petrakis |
Novelist |
5-Jun-1923 |
|
Lion at My Heart |
| Joseph A. Pichler |
Business |
2-Oct-1939 |
|
CEO of Kroger, 1990-2003 |
| Laura La Plante |
Actor |
1-Nov-1904 |
14-Oct-1996 |
The Cat and the Canary |
| Louise Post |
Musician |
7-Dec-1966 |
|
Frontwoman for Veruca Salt |
| David B. Price, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
BF Goodrich Performance Materials |
| Vincent Price |
Actor |
27-May-1911 |
25-Oct-1993 |
Master of the macabre |
| David Rasche |
Actor |
7-Aug-1944 |
|
Sledge Hammer! |
| Wallace Reid |
Actor |
15-Apr-1891 |
18-Jan-1923 |
Silent film actor and director |
| Doris Roberts |
Actor |
4-Nov-1930 |
|
Marie on Everybody Loves Raymond |
| Steven B. Sample |
Educator |
29-Nov-1940 |
|
President, University of Southern California |
| Phyllis Schlafly |
Activist |
15-Aug-1924 |
|
Opponent of women's liberation |
| Michael M. Sears |
Business |
16-Jul-1947 |
|
CFO of Boeing, 2000-03 |
| Kimora Lee Simmons |
Fashion Designer |
4-May-1975 |
|
Fabulosity |
| Billy Sims |
Football |
18-Sep-1955 |
|
Detroit Lions RB |
| Leon Spinks |
Boxing |
11-Jul-1953 |
|
Olympic boxing champion |
| Michael Spinks |
Boxing |
13-Jul-1956 |
|
World Heavyweight Champion 1985-88 |
| Laura Denvir Stith |
Judge |
30-Oct-1953 |
|
Missouri Chief Justice |
| Jim Talent |
Politician |
18-Oct-1956 |
|
US Senator from Missouri |
| Sara Teasdale |
Poet |
8-Aug-1884 |
29-Jan-1933 |
Strange Victory |
| Betty Thomas |
Film Director |
27-Jul-1948 |
|
Lucy Bates on Hill Street Blues |
| Cal Tjader |
Jazz Musician |
16-Jul-1925 |
5-May-1982 |
Latin-jazz bandleader |
| Donald J. Tomnitz |
Business |
1948 |
|
CEO of D. R. Horton |
| Joe Torry |
Actor |
12-Aug-1965 |
|
Poetic Justice |
| Bessie Potter Vonnoh |
Sculptor |
17-Aug-1872 |
8-Mar-1955 |
American sculptor in bronze |
| Marilyn vos Savant |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1946 |
|
IQ 228, still dumb |
| Ann L. Wagner |
Diplomat |
c. 1958 |
|
US Ambassador to Luxembourg |
| Maxine Waters |
Politician |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
Congresswoman, California 35th |
| Faye Wattleton |
Activist |
8-Jul-1943 |
|
President, Planned Parenthood, 1978-92 |
| Earl Weaver |
Baseball |
14-Aug-1930 |
|
Cantankerous Orioles Manager |
| William Webster |
Government |
6-Mar-1924 |
|
FBI Director 1978-87, CIA Director 1987-91 |
| Jo Jo White |
Basketball |
16-Nov-1946 |
|
Boston Celtics, 1969-79 |
| Wendy Whoppers |
Pornstar |
13-Aug-1968 |
|
80HHH-21-34, 38E-21-34 post reduction |
| Mary Wickes |
Actor |
13-Jun-1910 |
22-Oct-1995 |
Sister Act |
| John Wiese |
Musician |
18-Apr-1977 |
|
Power noise musician |
| Mykelti Williamson |
Actor |
4-Mar-1960 |
|
Bubba in Forrest Gump |
| Shelley Winters |
Actor |
18-Aug-1920 |
14-Jan-2006 |
Method actress and camp queen |
| Louis Wolfson |
Business |
28-Jan-1912 |
30-Dec-2007 |
Business criminal, horse breeder |
| Nicholas Worth |
Actor |
4-Sep-1938 |
7-May-2007 |
Don't Answer the Phone! |
| Kristeen Young |
Musician |
c. 1975 |
|
Intense and talented indie rock chick |
| Robert A. Young III |
Politician |
27-Nov-1923 |
17-Oct-2007 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-87 |
